Numeri 16:42

42 E avvenne che, come la raunanza si faceva numerosa contro Mosè e contro Aaronne, i figliuoli d’Israele si volsero verso la tenda di convegno; ed ecco che la nuvola la ricoprì, e apparve la gloria dell’Eterno.

Numeri 16:42 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:42

And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered
against Moses and against Aaron
To kill them, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; who, perhaps, upon uttering their murmurs, made up to them, and by their gestures showed an intention to murder them:

that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation;
either the people did, to see whether they could observe any appearance of the displeasure of God against them; or rather Moses and Aaron looked that way for help and deliverance in this extreme danger, knowing there was no salvation for them but of the Lord, ( Jeremiah 3:23 ) ;

and, behold, the cloud covered it;
as when it was first erected, and which was a token of the divine Presence, ( Numbers 9:15 Numbers 9:16 ) ; perhaps it had dispersed immediately upon the death of the rebels, and now returned again in favour of the servants of the Lord:

and the glory of the Lord appeared;
in the cloud, as in ( Numbers 16:19 ) ; to encourage Moses and Aaron, and to deliver them out of the hands of the people, and to the terror of them.

Numeri 16:42 In-Context

40 affinché servissero di ricordanza ai figliuoli d’Israele, e niun estraneo che non sia della progenie d’Aaronne s’accosti ad arder profumo davanti all’Eterno ed abbia la sorte di Kore e di quelli ch’eran con lui. Eleazar fece come l’Eterno gli avea detto per mezzo di Mosè.

41 Il giorno seguente, tutta la raunanza de’ figliuoli d’Israele mormorò contro Mosè ed Aaronne dicendo: "Voi avete fatto morire il popolo dell’Eterno".

42 E avvenne che, come la raunanza si faceva numerosa contro Mosè e contro Aaronne, i figliuoli d’Israele si volsero verso la tenda di convegno; ed ecco che la nuvola la ricoprì, e apparve la gloria dell’Eterno.

43 Mosè ed Aaronne vennero davanti alla tenda di convegno.

44 E l’Eterno parlò a Mosè, dicendo: